Posted to
the Center
for Children’s Justice forum on April 9, 2003
If I may be a
little harsh here, THERE'S PLENTY YOU CAN DO! (Steve, this isn't directed
at you, but to the whining population at large.)
First, get out of this depressed state you are in - NOW! IT'S ALL IN YOUR MIND, and you are in complete control of your mind (contrary to popular belief). (Then again, you could always believe the advice of all the touchy-feely witch doctors out there - look at the wonders they've done with our children and our situation so far.)
If you want to "feel" something that will do some good, GET *FIERCELY* ANGRY! STOP BEING A COWARD! And, don't give me the typical whining and sad story about how you're just too hurt or you don't have the smarts. BULLSHIT! I've gotten the crap kicked out of me, and I'm still standing tall. I couldn't spell L-A-W coming into this (nor would I have ever wanted to), and I'm now standing up and making my own cases. Not because I'm smarter than any one of you, but ONLY because I'm DOING THE WORK. I hardly sleep anymore because I spend almost every free moment learning about what I don't know to fight this CATASTROPHE of morality, the Constitution, and my own existence. You want a plan of action? READ and THOROUGHLY understand the CCJ arguments. FILE the arguments. LEARN the legal process. I can't make it any clearer than that. If you still don't understand what you can do, then you don't want to.
I cannot convince you that you should do this. You are the only ones that can make the decision with your own minds, and then you are the ONLY ones who can take the actions to get strong. Go ahead and tell me that your children (or your property) aren't good enough reason to do it. To protect my beautiful daughter Samantha, I WOULD DO ANYTHING. Do you really think that prize fighters get strength and stamina and courage from wallowing that they want it and then wimping out when it comes time to take action? Of course not - they get it from constantly putting themselves out there daily DOING REAL WORK to achieve it. Yes, they get plenty of hurt as a result. Are you telling me that the alternative is less hurtful?? Not for me, it isn't.
And, as for being financially broke, I am currently swimming in debt. I've never been in so much debt in my entire life, and it will likely take me a decade or more to get out. I'm in debt because I've wasted over $100,000 on useless attorneys who couldn't spell C-O-N-S-T-I-T-U-T-I-O-N-A-L R-I-G-H-T-S, and because I'm paying my wife alimony and child support so that she can go and buy herself new wardrobes and TVs. I'm living in a small shack in an undesirable neighborhood while I pay for my wife to live in a beautiful home. And, having said all that, I'm supporting the CCJ with $700 - $1,000/MONTH, not because I can afford it (I can't), but because that's what it's going to take to get justice and EARN my freedom. Understand me quite clearly here: with EVERY payment I make to the CCJ, which I take out with loans, I go deeper into debt. Why? BECAUSE IT'S THAT IMPORTANT! I will never allow myself to look back and say that I didn't do EVERYTHING that it took to protect my daughter and my property. I don't live with regrets - EVER. And I always take REAL action, even if it hurts me in the "short-term." My daughter is MORE than worth it. You want a plan of action? Take out a loan to increase your financial support to the CCJ. Give up something every month to increase your contribution, the LESS frivolous the better (remember what Thomas Paine said).
Remember this: if the CCJ wasn't doing what it is doing, you eventually wouldn't have a pot to piss in. Heroes like Robert Muchnick cannot work for a salary to support themselves at the same time they do the legal research, learn the laws and legal process, and write the legal challenges. And there is PLENTY of more work to be done. Until the CCJ is successful at the U.S. Supreme Court level, they need funding on a MONTHLY basis to cover the most minimal requirements (e.g., minimal food, a minimal roof, legal research tools). What are you willing to sacrifice for them to succeed, which I remind you, means that YOU SUCCEED? I'm sacrificing my financial stability, my short-term wants, my short-term enjoyment of life, and my sleep. Like I said earlier, if you still don't understand what you can do, then you don't want to.
So, WHAT ARE YOU WILLING TO DO? Like I said, are you willing to take REAL action?
- B.
Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation
with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.
What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only
that gives every thing its value.
--Thomas Paine
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ccj-forum@childrensjustice.org [mailto:owner-ccj-
> forum@childrensjustice.org] On Behalf Of sacs1@mindspring.com
> Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 8:42 AM
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>
> Brian,
>
> Your comment, " I won't stand for it - HOW CAN YOU?" is
shared by
> many. The question is, for those who "won't stand for it" what
can
> they do? What avenue is available to the average guy who is broke
> financially, emotionally and spiritually?
>
> Steve Cloer
> Norcross, GA.